Legal Opinion
Proposed amendments to atypical work - Part 2
- Published on 15 Aug 2012
- Helen Wilsenach
The proposed amendments to the South African Labour Relations Act of 1995 (LRA) may have a significant impact the engagement of employees on atypical working arrangements. This article aims to give employers a brief overview of how labour broker employees will be affected and the toolbox gives recommendations in this regard.
An analysis of the SA labour market
- Published on 14 Aug 2012
- Bryden Morton and Chris Blair
It is no secret that the global economy has faced incredible hardship since the end of 2007. Since 2007, annual GDP figures in the majority of the world’s regions have grown at a depleted rate with a number of regions entering a recession.
Proposed amendments to atypical work - Part 1
- Published on 10 Aug 2012
- Helen Wilsenach
As employers are by now aware from the extensive media coverage on this topic, the proposed amendments to the South African Labour Relations Actof 1995 (LRA) are currently being debated in parliament. These proposed changes may significantly impact on the engagement of employees on atypical working arrangements, namely, fixed - term contract employees, labour broker employees, and part-time employees.
Casualisation-stepping stone towards the new underclass?
- Published on 29 Jun 2012
- Alison Eloff
Over 1000 temporary employees (casual workers) at South African Postal Office (SAPO) agreed to return to work after a four month strike. These workers were represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) even though casual workers don't belong to the Union. The casual workers and the union leaders want labour brokering banned and temporary employees to be made permanent.
Trade unions vs big business-is it a question of semantics?
- Published on 26 Jun 2012
- Christelle du Toit
Big business and trade unions have always been at loggerheads. While the unions fight for their workers, big business fights for the bottom line. But is it really that simple? Earlier this year Loane Sharp, a labour economist at Adcorp, set of a war of words when he wrote in Business Day that unions are South Africa’s biggest stumbling block to job creation - seemingly a strong contradiction of what unions stand for, namely the protection of workers’ rights and work security.
